Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 26 July 1952 to 27 July 1952. 37 fencers from 15 nations competed.[1]

Women's foil
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates26–27 July
Competitors37 from 15 nations
Medalists
Irene Camber-Corno  Italy
Ilona Schachererné Elek  Hungary
Karen Lachmann  Denmark

Competition format

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to four touches except in the final where bouts were to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored.[2]

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]

Pool 1

Garilhe and Sheen defeated Cesari in a three-way barrage for third and fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Lilo Allgayer Germany502010Q
2Margit Elek Hungary3214Q
3Renée Garilhe France231615Q
3Gillian Sheen Great Britain231315Q
5Velleda Cesari Italy231315
6Maria Sołtan Poland1417

Pool 2

Buller and Shitikova defeated Kalka in a three-way barrage for third and fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Karen Lachmann Denmark418Q
2Irene Camber-Corno Italy419Q
3Patricia Buller Great Britain3317Q
4Nadezhda Shitikova Great Britain3318Q
5Maggie Kalka Finland3318
6Ursula Selle Venezuela2424
7Wanda Włodarczyk Poland1521

Pool 3

Mitchell defeated Barding-Poulsen in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Grete Kunz Austria411911Q
2Anna Ponomaryova Soviet Union411811Q
3Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Hungary3211Q
4Maxine Mitchell United States2315Q
5Ulla Barding-Poulsen Denmark2316
6Patricia Norford Australia0520

Pool 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Irena Nawrocka Poland317Q
2Silvia Strukel Italy3211Q
3Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain3213Q
4Polly Craus United States3214Q
5Hedwig Rieder Denmark1314
6Kate Mahaut Denmark1417

Pool 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Jan York-Romary United States40205Q
2Ellen Müller-Preis Austria317Q
2Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau France3212Q
4Appolinariya Plekhanova Soviet Union2212Q
5Catherine Pym Australia1416
6Taimi Mattsson Finland0416

Pool 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Ilona Schachererné Elek Hungary40163Q
2Odette Drand France316Q
3Elsa Irigoyen Argentina3212Q
4Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria3213Q
5Gerda Muller Venezuela0416
5Marianne Sjöblom Finland0416

Round 2

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Pool 1

Garilhe and Sheen defeated Cesari in a three-way barrage for third and fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Ilona Schachererné Elek Hungary50208Q
2Irene Camber-Corno Italy419Q
3Polly Craus United States2317Q
4Grete Kunz Austria2318Q
5Nadezhda Shitikova Great Britain141418
6Gillian Sheen Great Britain141318

Pool 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Appolinariya Plekhanova Soviet Union50209Q
2Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Hungary319Q
3Lilo Allgayer Germany3111Q
4Silvia Strukel Italy2316Q
5Odette Drand France1419
6Patricia Buller Great Britain0520

Pool 3

Wenisch-Filz and Lecomte-Guyonneau defeated Elek and Ponomaryova in a four-way barrage for third and fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Karen Lachmann Denmark4111Q
2Maxine Mitchell United States3212Q
3Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria2318Q
4Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau France2316Q
5Margit Elek Hungary2313
6Anna Ponomaryova Soviet Union2316

Pool 4

Glen-Haig defeated Nawrocka in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Jan York-Romary United States4112Q
1Renée Garilhe France3110Q
3Ellen Müller-Preis Austria3216Q
4Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain2317Q
5Irena Nawrocka Poland2318
6Elsa Irigoyen Argentina0416

Semifinals

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

Garilhe and Sheen defeated Cesari in a three-way barrage for third and fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Karen Lachmann Denmark70289Q
2Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau France5218Q
3Jan York-Romary United States4319Q
4Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Hungary4321Q
5Silvia Strukel Italy3419
6Ellen Müller-Preis Austria3420
7Polly Craus United States1625
8Grete Kunz Austria1627

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Ilona Schachererné Elek Hungary60246Q
2Renée Garilhe France519Q
2Maxine Mitchell United States5219Q
4Irene Camber-Corno Italy4318Q
5Mary Glen-Haig Great Britain2420
6Lilo Allgayer Germany2524
7Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Austria1520
8Appolinariya Plekhanova Soviet Union1627

Final

Two separate barrages were necessary. There was a four-way barrage for the bronze medal, which was won by Lachmann. The top two fencers ended in a barrage for gold and silver; Camber defeated Elek 4–3.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
Irene Camber-Corno Italy5222
Ilona Schachererné Elek Hungary5221
Karen Lachmann Denmark4322
4Jan York-Romary United States4325
5Maxine Mitchell United States4323
6Renée Garilhe France4324
7Lylian Lecomte-Guyonneau France1630
8Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Hungary1632

References

  1. "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Women's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. Official Report, p. 503.
  3. Official Report, p. 504.
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